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Who Are Child Molesters?

Ken Wooden

During my two decades of work as an investigative reporter, I interviewed hundreds of convicted child molesters in prisons across America. My objective was to uncover how they had lured children and teens into abuse and worse. My intention was also to generate a criminal profile that could be shared with parents and law enforcement. Instead, I found child molesters and abductors to be a diverse group that possesses no tidy criminal profile.

In short, pedophilia, or adult sexual attraction to children, does not discriminate by race, gender, class, or age.

One child pornography sting operation by the U.S. Justice Department and Customs Postal Inspectors resulted in well over two hundred arrests. The occupations of those arrested was a virtual rainbow of American life, representing 44% of all occupations listed by the U.S. Department of Labor.

How many child molesters live in the United States?

Approximately 400,000 convicted pedophiles currently reside in the United States, according to Department of Justice estimates.* On average, that's one per square mile.

Are there really female child molesters?

Yes. A 2000 statistical report by the US Department of Justice* found that female offenders victimized:

The Affection Lure. (See Think First & Stay Safe Parent Guide) Most victims of abuse are "groomed" over a period of weeks, months, or years. The Affection Lure is used both offline and online to seduce unsuspecting youngsters in need of love and attention. Child molesters have repeatedly told me: When there's a physically or emotionally absent parent in the picture, it makes the child more vulnerable than ever.

Which age group is most often targeted by child molesters?

In the interviews I conducted, the majority of molesters cited a preference for children on the brink of puberty. This is the age of sexual awakening, making it easy for molesters to prey on the sexual curiosity and ignorance of youngsters. To quote one of the predators I interviewed, "Give me a kid who knows nothing about sex, and you've given me my next victim."

While we as parents are inclined to give pre-teen children more freedom and less supervision, this age group is actually the most vulnerable to abuse and abduction. We must talk frankly and often to our children about "the birds and the bees" and not allow child molesters to educate our children for us.

Wouldn't a vigilant parent be able to detect a child molester, just by their actions?

Not necessarily. Always remember:

* Pedophiles are notoriously friendly, nice, kind, engaging and likeable. * Pedophiles target their victims, often insinuating themselves into that child's life – their family, school, house of worship, sports, and hobbies. * Pedophiles are professional con artists and are expert at getting children and families to trust them. * Pedophiles will smile at you, look you right in the eye and make you believe they are trustworthy.

Do kids and teens ever sexually abuse other children?

Sadly, yes – and many of these juvenile offenders are victims of sexual abuse themselves. A U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics report* found that:

* 23% of all sexual offenders were under the age of 18. * 40% of offenders of victims under age 6 were themselves juveniles * 13% were 7-11 years old; 27% were 12-17 years old. * 39% of the offenders of victims ages 7-11 were juveniles. * 27% of the offenders of victims ages 12 -17 were juveniles.

The peak time for juvenile assaults was 3 pm, after school. Other spikes in the number of incidents were at the traditional meal times of 8 am, noon and 6 pm. Most of these assaults happened in the home of the victim, the home of the offender, or another residence.*

How many of these assaults were by family members?

* 49% of offenders of victims under age 6 were family members. * 42% of offenders of victims ages 7-11 were family members. * 24% of offenders of victims ages 12 - 17 were family members.*

Are there groups of organized pedophiles that prey on children?

Yes. Small groups of militant and highly organized child molesters operate worldwide through pedophile organizations, whose members claim genuine concern for the welfare of children. The actual number of members in these organizations is unknown, though their power is evident. One pedophile organization's newsletter correctly identified ten sting operations in five different states. Another exposed and compromised four federal sting operations. Clearly, these organizations have connections.

What are their beliefs and goals?

In general, these groups believe that sex with children is harmless; some even claim that sexual relations are healthy for children. Their goals include decriminalizing child molestation and lowering the age of consent.

Where do they meet?

In addition to attending pedophile conferences and conventions, members now meet primarily via the Internet where they may swap methods, success stories, even names, descriptions, and images of children. Since the early 1980's, they have exploited the Internet to communicate with one another, spreading their propaganda to anyone who will listen.

Aren't their activities illegal?

Most pedophile groups and members are careful to keep their public activities within the realm of protected civil liberties.

In 2006, a new political party (PNVD) was established in the Netherlands. Commonly referred to as "the Pedophile Party," it seeks to lower the age of consent from 16 to 12. Opponents had asked The Hague District Court to bar the party from registering for national elections, but Judge H. Hofhuis ruled: "Freedom of expression, freedom ... of association, including the freedom to set up a political party, can be seen as the basis for a democratic society."

Are these pedophile groups a real threat?

While the average child molester does not belong to a pedophile organization, we would be foolish not to take seriously any group whose members are committed to sexual activity with children.

Final Thoughts:

While there are sexual predators who are organized and whose activities cause public ire, it is the millions of individual sexual predators worldwide whose day-to-day actions and steadfast determination are a far greater threat to the safety of our children. Knowing this – and knowing that we cannot be with our children every moment of every day – it is essential that we teach them how to recognize and evade the lures used for generations by sexual predators of every kind. As I told President Bush during the 2002 White House Conference on Missing, Exploited and Runaway Children, "If predators are using the lures, shouldn't we be teaching our children these lures?"

Parents would do well to heed the steady increase in juvenile perpetrators, as well as the 3 pm peak for child sexual assaults. This speaks greatly to the need for after school facilities and activities for latch-key children who are at greater risk of victimization, even in their own homes.

It is also important to remember that 2/3rds of all crimes are never reported. When it comes to juvenile sexual assaults, the percentage of unreported crimes is undoubtedly higher, given the nature of the crimes and the tender age of victims.

5 comments:

By lulling us white mothers into a false sense of security!! also child molesters are more than likely married or with a woman. they are not big black guys lucking around our school yard --they are in jail. you and your kind and scare tactics have made sure of that--- so if "others" are to blame for our children being molested then why every single sting they have on tv or not all you see is white guys. I am safer leaving my child with blacks in the city than leaving her at the club with my so-called peers. You are making the problem worse by trying to lull white america into a false sense of secuity. STOP!

also whites are more likely to commit suicide and become serial killers. Yet all we see on Tv is black people going to jail. Maybe we should look across the street.

White mom you are ignorant and racist. A black man or a hispanic man is statistically more likely to be a child molestor than a white man. You are the one trying to manipulate people into envisioning all child molestors as old creepy white men.

The 70% white statistic includes hispanics. Who are about 25% and 15% of the population. Black men are bout 30% of child molestors and about 13% of the US population.

Also I don't know what suicide has to do with anything, it does not effect your child, but black suicide is on the rise in America. Why did you feel the need to say "big black guys". Are all black people big to you? White men are taller on average than black men in the US. And African blacks are shorter on average than American blacks. You sound like another ignorant anti-white brainwashed liberal.

The obvious conclusion is to leave your children with Asian people as much as possible.

http://www.familywatchdog.us/her is a site of registered sex offenders in your neighborhood. Most of them have photos and conviction information. So you can see the faces of child molestors are all different colors, genders and ages.

Yeah, but anyways the public will be asked in a major forum soon, to look at the statistics. Blacks aren't perfect and yes, some blacks does molest children, but you've yet to show me where they are KIDNAPPING, RAPING AND KILLING our children as with the white males here in America. People like that Couey pervert who kidnaped that girl right from her own bed in her own home: white men does this every week. Blacks are criminals too, but white males have been raping and killing children since we started raping and killing Indian children as young as three years old. Yeah, those blacks aren't angels, but it is our own white men who are doing the most raping and killing of children here in America. Idiots like YOU are trying to LIE to our face and MAKE us believe you. Well, we CAN READ you idiot and all the statistics says WE are raping and killing our white children and those black are robbing their own kind and killing their own kind. Your racism has gotten you lost boy. Open your eyes and quit trying to close ours.

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